1. The Skin Basic Functions:
Skin reacts to negative and positive influences of our environment
Skin is an active organ that responds to many factors
Skin is the largest functioning organ

2. You want to take care of your Skin
The Skin
Skin is approximately 18 square feet
Skin weighs 5 – 8 pounds
You want to take care of your Skin

3. The Skin Important Functions: Protection Temperature regulation
Sensation
Secretion
Absorption
Control of evaporation

4. Each Square Inch of Skin Contains:
65 hairs
sebaceous glands
78 yards of nerves
20 yards of blood vessels
650 sweat glands
9,500,000 cells
1,300 nerve endings (records pain)
19,500 sensory
78 sensory apparatuses to record heat
13 sensory apparatuses to record cold

5. Skin structure

6. Aging Process Collagen production Elastin production
Between the ages of 28 & 80 – drops 65%!
Collagen & Elastin help give strength to skin
Thickness of skin decreases 6% every 10 years
Thin skin has poor ability to hold and retain moisture

7. Protection & Prevention are Key!
Aging Process
Intrinsic factors account for 10% of the visible signs of aging
Actinic factors account for 90% of the visible signs of aging
Protection & Prevention are Key!

8. Wrinkles In your 40’s Elasticity diminishes Skin loses memory
Repetitive movements form permanent wrinkles
In your 50’s
Gravity
Collagen & elastin decreases
Skin and muscles sag

9. Aging and Skin Care Cleansing Important to have moisture in your skin
Water = Hydration
We want to increase the skin’s ability to hold water

10. Skin Care Products Pure, Safe, Beneficial Herbs and botanicals
Synergistic complexes
Active ingredients
Technology
Safety studies
Efficacy studies
Pure, Safe, Beneficial

11. Each Step Takes Key Ingredients
Skin Care Steps
Cleansing – lift dirt without stripping
Moisturizing - protect against water loss
Protecting – from environment
Masques – draw out impurities
Exfolients – remove dead skin cells
Each Step Takes Key Ingredients

12. Cleansing preparations
Mineral oil
Bees wax
Borax
Water

13. Procedure:
1. Melt bees wax , then add mineral oil and heat the mixture up to 80 oC on water bath.
2. Dissolve borax in the amount of water, and heat to the same temperature.
3. Add #2 to #1 gradually with trituration on water bath for complete emulsification.
4. Remove from water bath and continue vigorously trituration.

14. Cleansing preparations
Mineral oil
Stearic acid
Lanolin
TEA
Water

15. Moisturizing cream:
Stearic acid
Lanolin
Liquid paraffin
Potassium hydroxide
Glycerol
Water

16. procedure
1. Melt stearic acid, luquid paraffin and lanolin on water bath at oC. 2. Dissolve KOH in water-glycerol mixture, and heat to the same temperature. 3. Add #2 to #1 gradually with stirring on water bath for complete emulsification. 4. Remove from water bath and continue stirring until cooling. 5. Then add the perfume.